1. Progressive Era
Social Reforms

2. Objects:
People:
Time/Title:
Inferences: Because I see ___________________, I can infer…
Conclusion: The most important thing in this cartoon is _________________ because it sends the message that…

3. Progressive Era *Fix Gilded Age problems!
*Movement from the 1890s to 1920s to support widespread social activism and political reform across the U.S.
*The main objectives were to eliminate problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political/economic corruption in government from the Gilded Age.

5. Populist Party
*An agrarian political party in the U.S. which drew support from angry farmers and was highly critical of capitalism, especially banks and railroad, and allied itself with the labor movement.
*It was merged into the Democratic Party in 1896.

7. William Jennings Bryan
*Supported by Populist and Democratic Party
*Cross of Gold Speech

9. Muckrakers
*Journalists who attacked business and government leaders as corrupt in order to raise awareness of the many issues left over from the Gilded Age.

11. Upton Sinclair (“The Jungle”)

12. Jacob Riis (“How the Other Half Lives”)

15. Women’s Suffrage *Women’s right to vote
*Women’s rights at this time were…
*Susan B. Anthony
*19th Amendment ratified in 1920

23. “Torches of Freedom” Women and Smoking Propaganda

24. Prohibition (Temperance Movement)
* Movement to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in the U.S.
*Women and church groups blamed alcohol for social problems.
*18th Amendment passed in 1920!
*Do you think it worked?  

28. Repealed by the 21st Amendment

29. Social Gospel
*Protestant movement that applied Christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social injustice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, unclean environment, child labor, inadequate labor unions, poor schools, and the danger of war